I made a league once that penalized PIMs way back I think...I think it was my very first fantasy hockey question when I was just a lad..."so, you get rewarded for your players doing something that negatively effects the team?" and since then, like you MRandall, I always finish dead last in PIMs, I don't think about it, I don't draft for it...it's my own stubborn nonsense that holds me down, but I'm not gonna sit there and draft scrub buckets just to hope for the odd chance they haul off and kill some fans...

I voted "blocks" into my one league that I was invited to...it helps add to defense value (I believe the top 100 shot blockers in the NHL are d-men, IIRC) and I have Dan Girardi already, so I might as well vote for it haha...can be a little arena bias with those RTSS stats, but there's bias with shots too, you just have to deal with it (or use it to your advantage...Rinne owners for instance...

Points leagues are the best, in my opinion. Never makes sense to me that winning a goals category is equal to winning a PIM or shot category. Thanks to Smallworld fantasy from back in the day, we've used a point system that has never failed.

Kraftster wrote:Points leagues are the best, in my opinion. Never makes sense to me that winning a goals category is equal to winning a PIM or shot category. Thanks to Smallworld fantasy from back in the day, we've used a point system that has never failed.

Kraftster wrote:Points leagues are the best, in my opinion. Never makes sense to me that winning a goals category is equal to winning a PIM or shot category. Thanks to Smallworld fantasy from back in the day, we've used a point system that has never failed.

Kraftster wrote:Points leagues are the best, in my opinion. Never makes sense to me that winning a goals category is equal to winning a PIM or shot category. Thanks to Smallworld fantasy from back in the day, we've used a point system that has never failed.

was offered Brad Richards, Kunitz, and Bryz for Jagr, St. Louis, and Price

not sure about this one. i'd get richards and kunitz who are both young for two older guys. goalie situation is (IMO) almost a tie... slight advantage to price because he starts pretty much every game for them.

Safe to say drop Kassian instead of Yakupov now that Callahan is back? One-year league I'm in does count hits and PIMs, which makes Kassian a bit more attractive, since my other RWers are pretty soft (Gabby and Eberle), but I have enough grit elsewhere, plus Kassian's not on the 1st line anymore and I don't think he can sustain his hot start.